Collection Highlights
The Course of Empire: The Consummation of Empire
Date:
1835-1836
Object Number:
1858.3
Medium:
Oil on canvas (relined)
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Dregs in the Cup (Fortune Telling, the Fortune Teller)
Object Number:
1858.57
Date:
1838
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
Unframed: 42 × 52 in. (106.7 × 132.1 cm)
Framed: 53 in. × 63 in. × 3 1/2 in. (134.6 × 160 × 8.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of The New-York Gallery of the Fine Arts
Provenance:
New York Gallery of Fine Arts, 1846 to 1858.
The artist, 1838 to 1846.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
